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| Richard Sybert |
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| James Clements |
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| Robert Sybert |
MACON.COM - The accused shooter in an alleged murder-for-hire killing in Warner Robins told authorities he did it for a $1,000, a car and a date with a stripper, according to testimony from the lead detective in a court hearing Tuesday. Joni Clements, a clinical nurse for the 78th Medical Operations Squadron at Robins Air Force Base, was shot to death Feb. 8 in her 309 Westwood Drive home in Warner Robins. Her husband, James “Eddy” Clements, 55, a sheet metal mechanic for the 559th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Robins, is accused of hiring Richard Grant Sybert, 30, of Warner Robins, to kill his wife. Robert Sybert, 53, who cleaned the Clements’ pool, is accused of being his son’s getaway driver and providing the handgun used in the slaying. During a Magistrate Court hearing held at the Houston County jail, Warner Robins police Detective Mark Wright laid out the state’s case against the three men in the alleged conspiracy to murder Joni Clements. All three men are charged with felony murder and burglary. Clements and Robert Sybert are charged under the state’s party-to-a-crime statute. The hearing was for Clements to determine whether the state had sufficient evidence to prosecute the case in Superior Court. Judge Brenda Morton said from the bench that “based on the testimony given” during the hearing she was binding the case over to Superior Court. District Attorney George Hartwig told the judge he expects to present the case to a Houston County grand jury May 31, with additional charges expected, he said. Details of the alleged murder that came to light during the hearing included Eddy Clements allegedly giving Richard Sybert a key to the home; a record of cell phone calls between Robert Sybert and Eddy Clements the day of the murder and at the home one week before the killing; meetings among the three men before and after the slaying; Richard Sybert being seen running from near the home and jumping into a car owned by Robert Sybert; information from statements from both Syberts admitting their involvement in the slaying; and more.
First of all, what kind of car was it? Because for me, it'd have to be like a Bentley or a Lamborghini or some shit. Second of all, does the date with the stripper come with a happy ending. Because for me it would have to. Is the stripper hot or some aging booze-bag eking out the last days of her career? Because for me she would have to be hot.
These are the kinds of details would have to be ironed out up front and put in writing. I'm not saying I don't trust James Clements, it's just that the "i's" have to be dotted and the "t's" have to be crossed. Otherwise there's gonna be a whole lotta arguing after the fact. And that's the last thing you want to have happenin' while you're tryin' to plan a decent wake and burial.
